Pierre finally lets the officer go, then charges at Briggs who shoots him three times. Pierre can be seen falling in the parking lot.

Pierre was transported to Broward Health Medical Center, where he later died.

“Youngward tried to stop the violent attack by deploying his Taser and using his ASP (extending baton). Neither form of less-lethal force stopped Pierre from assaulting him,” the sheriff’s office said in a statement.

“[Deputy] Briggs ordered Pierre to stop,” BSO added. “Instead, Pierre charged at [Deputy] Briggs and several shots were fired. Pierre was not armed.”

At a press conference Friday, Broward Sheriff Scott Israel said he released the video to quash rumors and speculation about the shooting that were circulating on social media.

“Unarmed assailants take guns away from police officers and they are many police officers in the United States of America who tragically have died at the hands of their own weapons,” Israel said.